Product Owner

Edward Lerp

Address: ***** ********* **** ***** #****, Herndon, VA 20171

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Cell: 443-***-****

Product Owner Java Desktop Applications, Web & Mobile Products

Leverage a rich mix of Software Engineering & Ongoing Project Management qualifications to drive game-changing results across the globe, and infuse innovation with lasting value to businesses through–

Product Innovation & Life Cycle Management Product Commercialization & Strategy IT Solutions Delivery

Strategic, innovative and performance driven IT professional and Product Owner, with 3+ years experience in product life cycle management, and driving software engineering best practices, while developing innovative Java desktop, web and mobile/tablet product solutions, to boost revenue performance, client satisfaction, and product adoption outcomes.

Product Owner for a $12 million business unit

Symphony test suite builder for all Symphony apps.

Product Ownership – Development – Management – Commercialization:

Demonstrated passion for delighting clients through innovating, creative web and mobile product solutions that scale and stand the test of time, and which meets the vision and high standards of the organization

History of success in meeting organizations’ business needs and securing high product and solution quality in combination with total cost efficiency – coordinated feature backlog of all releases

Strong understanding of product strategy, vision, pricing, roadmap and go-to-market strategies; drive s/w release plan and scope, while leading cross functional teams, including product, marketing, sales, partners, and R&D

Delivered multi-faceted insights, strategies, and tactics in sales, branding, product management, product profitability, and business analysis. Savvy in devising product concepts, and turnaround/repositioning of products for success

Software Engineering – SDLC Management – Agile Project Leadership – Scrum Management:

Software Engineering professional with strengths in driving technical decisions and implementation to advance the s/w product vision and support roadmap commitments through ongoing project management qualifications

Remained a Chief Architect and Project Manager for an Android Social Media Project

Deep understanding of the s/w development life cycle and test life cycle; Excel in analyzing test data, preparing software test cases and executing them in accordance with developing s/w testing models

Scrum Practitioner adept at driving the adoption of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self-management. Championed in Agile project management methodology, with strong abilities to manage large project teams, while delivering IT governance & compliance programs

Professional Work History

Product Owner July 2016 – Present

Software Engineer (2013 – 2016) Harris Corporation – Herndon, VA

Efficiently lead a highly dynamic and multi-disciplinary team, to translate business strategies into web-based application products that delight customers, and position organization for substantial growth and disruption. Strategically drive pro-active development of the road map of products and accelerate analytical efforts within applications to improve return on investment. Work closely with sales, marketing and support teams to ensure product launch within timelines and budgets.

Expertly manage business process understanding, requirement understanding and mapping, application development, procedure development, training, business process re-engineering and project documentation for $12 million business unit

SurfaceVue: Accomplished Java-based GIS software solution, featuring geo-fencing capabilities

Entrusted to lead Java-based deicing s/w solution provisioning on-site guidance to Philadelphia airport – Optimized on-site IT & Audio Visual technical support

Served as software testing lead for a mm dollar Noise and Operating Monitoring System for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Utilized a GIS solution using LucyMap and Luciad Lightspeed APIs to deliver real-time and historical aircraft tracking solutions

Pioneer the design and development of Symphony Test Suite for all Symphony applications. Prioritize development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all products

Led a team of seven offshore and onshore professionals, to build and maintain web-based applications for Internet, Intranet and Extranet sites, while managing s/w development and testing as per project schedules

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Professional Work History Continued…

Product Owner July 2016 – Present

Integrate customer intelligence and business disciplines into marketing strategy and execution for breakthrough results. Transcend complex and ambiguous scenarios, build consensus and rapidly progress with successful outcomes

Reduced JIRA backlog for Symphony product by over 25% in one year

Leverage proficiency in Agile and Scrum methodology, to lead daily Scrum/Agile meetings with matrix teams, and solicit, translate and deliver key product and business requirements, along with project goals

Android Social Media Project: As the Chief Architect and Project manager, integrated Google Maps, Uber, Lyft, Facebook and Twitter to gain desired outcomes

Performed additional software engineering tasks, encompassing manual and automated testing for Functional, Negative, Positive, Integration, Regression, End to End and User Acceptance Testing

Software Engineer Exelis, Inc. – Herndon, VA January 2013 – July 2016

Accomplished major product release, meeting very aggressive, externally committed schedule and budget. Developed software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes, investigating problem areas, and following the software development lifecycle.

Led efforts to modify software through debugging, error fixations, and upgrading interfaces, thereby improving system performances; authored maintainable and extensible code via sound programming knowledge

Engaged in resolving bugs and defects encountered during testing

Build relationships with the other members of the development team that encourage open communication and the sharing of ideas amongst the team

Managed strategic development of manual and automated testing functionalities for projects and other activities such as software deployment, software upgrade, and customer integration

Successfully planned and implemented MS Project schedule for successful migration of Symphony data and application suite from Exelis to Harris network within a 3-month aggressive deadline

Additional Work History - Internship

Software Developer Intern – Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD

Handpicked amongst the top 4 candidates out of 200+ applicants, in the state-sponsored developer internship program.

Designed, developed and deployed (1) a .NET console application used for validating over 1.7 million Maryland voter addresses (2) a fully-featured web application to view and transcript historic handwritten documents within a customizable “Book viewer” window, and (3) a GUI interface using advanced Java Swing classes that displays a J-Table and J-Tree catalogued by both “Authors” and “Books” found within the contents of the text-file library.

Education & Certifications

M.S. – Project Management (Ongoing Last Semester) The George Washington University – Washington, DC Exp. Dec 2017

Bachelor of Science – Computer Science October 2013

University of Maryland – Upper Marlboro, MD GPA – 3.75 (Dean’s List 3 semesters)

Bachelor of Science – Family Studies May 2008

University of Maryland – College Park, MD Satisfied all pre-med and pre-requisites as requested

Technology Forte

Web Services: HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, XML, XML Schema, LDAP, REST Methodologies: Agile and Waterfall, Scrum Best Practices

Testing Types: Mainframe, Functional, Integration, End to End, Regression, Stress, Load, and User Acceptance

Issue Tracking & Testing: JIRA, Zephyr, Confluence, HP Quality Centre and ALM, Quick Test Professional

Programming: Python, Perl, Java, JavaScript, JSON, Jython, C#, C++, AJAX, VB, VB.NET, ASP, ASP.NET, Netbeans, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Android Studio, Xcode

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, iOS, Mac OS X, Android Other: SQL, Oracle, Soap UI, Spring, Hibernate, Toad, MS Office, MS Project, Primavera, Mac OS X, IOS, Trello Reporting Tools: Crystal, JIDE, & Cognos Report

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